Folding shipping-crate.



R. I. BAYNE.

FOLDING SHIPPING CRATE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 7,1909.

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- Be it known thatI, Hor I. BAYNE, a citi- "z/.en of the United States, residing at Verdigris, 1n the county of Knox and State of' Nebraska, havefinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Shipping- Crates: and Idohereby declare the following to be a full. clear. and exact description of the invention7 such as will enable 'others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same..

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in shipping crates and especially to the class which are adapted to be, folded when not in use. or for the return of the same when the contents have been removed. and it has for an object to provide, a novel manner for hinging the various inclosing walls.

Furtherobjects will be brought out more clearly in the following specifications and claim.

Referring to the drawings which form a part of the accompanying specifications. Figure 1. is a perspective view. Fig. Q is a plan view in section with the top broken away. Fig. 3 is a vertical end elevation in .section ltaken on the line in Fig. 2. Fig. lis a central vertical section.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of my crate in its,

knocked down position. Fig. G is a fragmentary view of the partition showing the catch mechanism. Fig. T is a fragmentary interior view of a side and bottom of my crate disclosing a keeper and opening in the bottom for receiving the catch as disclosed in Fig. (S. Fig. 8 is a transverse section of a modified form of hinge construction.

In carrying out my invention I preferably use galvanized sheet iron or tin plate.though I do not desire to restrict. myself to any particular material, but endeavor to use the most serviceable material combined with lightness in weight.

l`he base 1 of my crate is made substantially`rectangular in shape, having at its rear edge tongue-like extensions which are adapted to be bent around a pin or rod 3 to form a hinge, said pin 3 also being engaged ln.' tongue-like projections i of the lrear side 5: these hinge members being so folded as to allow the base of the crate to fold inwardly so as to rest substantial ly upon the rear side A partition 6 is secured at about the middle of the rearside by means Specification of Letters Patent. Paiggljted H1313' 29, 1910. f Application sled July 7, 1909. serial-No. 506,325. i l

of three sets of tongue-like keepers 7 inclosing a pin 8, thekeepers being preferably riveted to the partition and rear side thereby lforming with the pin a hinge which will permit the part/itiouto swing laterallyv to a position of rest upon therear. side, thus flying in between the base and the rear side.

when thecrate is folded.

The front edge of the partitionhas lan upper and a lower keeper 9 and 9 extending horizontally from the said edge and secured thereto by any preferred means, adapted to retain a pin l0 having bot-h ends bentin the shape of an l., said pin being so constructed as to permit of being manually raised or lowered within the aforesaid keepers. also adapted to pass through another keeper 11 secured by any preferred means to the front side 12, but extending horizontally inward and in a line with an opening 13 cut in the base of the crate whereby the pin l0 retains the base, the front side and the partition in a rigid position. As a means for finally securing the walls of the crate in anV assembled condition, a further opening 14 in the top 15 permits ofthe upper L-shaped end of the pin 10 to be turned in engagement with said top. The front side 12. has a horizontal extension 16, which with similar horizontal extensions 16 and e ends 1.7 and 18 afford a seat for The ends'17 and 18 are hingedly secured o the sides 5 and 12 by means of tongue-like extensions at their respective ends adapted to fold -in engagement with pins 19 and so constructed as to permit the walls when folded laterally to rest partially upon the base, which in turn rests upon the partition and rear side. The top 15 is hingedly secured to the rear side 5 by means of tongue-like extensions onthe inner edge of the top and the upper edge of the side 5 folded in engagement with a pin similar to the pin 3 4and so constructed as to permit the top to be folded downwardly upon a rear side 5 when the crate is in its knocked-down. position. l.

It is my purpose to provide a folding crate which will stand a large amount of wear and tear. also one which has its walls so hinged as to be readily folded when it is desired to ship the crate after the contents of the crate have been withdrawn. By mv hinge construction I Vhave endeavored t0 do away with complica-tedand unwieldly los :simply rovidin hinges by means'- hgfedly secured at their edges, three of said 1n osing VwallshavinV horizontal projec tions at 'their' lower j ges, a base hingedl-y secured to one of said inclosing Walls and seated upon said horizontal projections, a `top hinfgedly secured to said last mentioned wall, o a partition, ton e-like projections of said partition secnr to said last mentioned wall, said tongue-like projections also bein bent to form a hinge, a pin inserted in said tongue-like proj ectlons, whereby said partition may be swung laterally, a pair of keepers extendin horizontally fromthe free edge of sai partition, a pin havin both ends bent substantially L shaped, sai

last mentioned pin being adapted to move vertically in said keepers, a kee r extending horizontally inward from t e wall adjacent thefree end of said ,partition and an opening in the base and top in alinement' with said last named keeper, whereby said last mentioned pin retains the crate in' an assembled condition.

` In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two' subscribing witnesses.

ROY I. BAYNE.

Witnesses:

ELvA BANDA, ANDREW SUKUP. 

